Links and Downloads Manager

LDM extends VBulletin to manage a library of documents, files and links to other web sites. Documents can be stored on your own web site, stored on your server separate from the web site, uploaded by your user community, or held somewhere else altogether. So you can use LDM to provide your user community with access to your own files and allow them to share files with each other.

12/08/06 - Versions that work with vb36 are available and supported in the VB36 thread. Version 2.2.1, which works with VB 3.5 but not with VB 3.6, remains available here.

Thanks to everyone who has helped with all the design, testing, etc.
Translations are provided (thanks dLutt and LeeWicked) into German, (thanks to Allan) into French, and (thanks to Hugo) into Spanish. Harry1951 has handled the Dutch translation.

Screenshots, Instructions and How to Install

Full details and instructions are available as a Wiki at http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...nloads_Manager

LDM installs as a VBulletin product. There are no modifications required to standard VB code.

Basically - upload php files and run the installer through VB's Product installer. No changes needed to VB code. Remember to BACKUP YOUR DATABASE. By default, LDM prefixes its database tables 'local_'. Edit the configuration file, local_links_init.php, if you need/wish to change this.

LDM can handle an essentially unlimited number of categories and nested subcategories, and an unlimited number of entries (hyperlinks or downloadable files). Each entry can be placed in one or several categories. Categories can have styles. Descriptions and titles can optionally include BBcodes, smilies, images and html, giving the possibility to add images, colouring, etc. File types can be flagged using icons and individual entries can also have associated thumbnail images.

Standards templates are provided for libraries of links, files, documents, and photographs.

Users can offer comments and rate the links/downloads. Each user is allowed one rating and many comments per entry, and can freely edit these if they change their mind.

Permission to use specific features is established via the product's admin page, where the administrator specifies which usergroups can add and edit entries, comment and rate these entries, moderate, etc.

By default, all entries are visible to all users. You can restrict visibility/access to links and categories by using the permissions masks from your board's forums.

Moderation of new entries is available but turned off by default.

Users can report bad links to the relevant moderators/administrators.

Each user can flag links as his/her "Favourites".

Modules are provided for VBAdvanced.

Hooks are provided in suitable places in LDM and sample plugins are included in the release (see extras directory), for example to integrate with ID3 tags in mp3 files, for slideshows, to autocreate new threads in your forums, etc.

Plus much more.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

is there a to change the little [+] for the lightbox to something else (more noticable) like a little magnifying glass image or something?

Take a look in the icons directory! You've probably not updated your server recently

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by tamborinegal

Hi Andrew,

I'm using the latest beta version and all is working perfectly. I'm just wondering about the max_textlength - does this not apply to link descriptions now that it's using the $messagearea instead of textarea?

I'd really love to limit the link description part. Is there still a way of doing this?

Thanks for all your work.

Clancy

You're probably right, Clancy - thanks for pointing this out - I'll check.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by ReadOrDie

Nice hack. I can definetly tell you have put alot of effort into it. However I think the manual should break down the steps a little more. It was good up until the part where you have to set all this stuff then it gets extremely confusing for those who have no experience.

It's quite a job writing good manuals - I know it needs a bit more attention, but there's this little shortage of a thing called time. Will try to clarify things. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Jarllax]

Great mod! Installed and everything works great. Thanks!

[PsiNyde]

<font color="DarkOrange">*clicks install* </font>

very nice hack. i loves it to deawrth!

[sduckie2k5]

Great hack! I have one question that I didnt want to go thru 100 pages to find the answer, lol. Is there a cmps module to show recent files/stats? Thankyou in advance. ^^

[vfxpro]

1st off, awesome mod. It fits my every need except for one. I need to limit the amount of megabytes downloaded in a month instead of in a 24 hour period. I'm serving up video files so the bandwidth goes quickly.

I tried setting the limit to 1/30 the monthly total and setting the carryover to 30 days but in the case of someone with a 100mB monthly download it looks like they have to be on the board for a whole month before they get their full limit. I'd like new users to get their inital full limit as soon as they sign up. Oherwise they might not comeback. Folks aren't too patient these days...

If there was a way to change the time limit to 30 days or 720 hours instead of 24 hours and then set the carry over variable to 1 I think that would work. Can it be done, and if so where/how?

Thanks!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by sduckie2k5

Great hack! I have one question that I didnt want to go thru 100 pages to find the answer, lol. Is there a cmps module to show recent files/stats? Thankyou in advance. ^^

Yes, there is - in the standard release, there are modules for 'what's hot' and 'what's new'

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by vfxpro

1st off, awesome mod. It fits my every need except for one. I need to limit the amount of megabytes downloaded in a month instead of in a 24 hour period. I'm serving up video files so the bandwidth goes quickly.

I tried setting the limit to 1/30 the monthly total and setting the carryover to 30 days but in the case of someone with a 100mB monthly download it looks like they have to be on the board for a whole month before they get their full limit. I'd like new users to get their inital full limit as soon as they sign up. Oherwise they might not comeback. Folks aren't too patient these days...

If there was a way to change the time limit to 30 days or 720 hours instead of 24 hours and then set the carry over variable to 1 I think that would work. Can it be done, and if so where/how?

Thanks!

OK, I'll work this out and put it in the next release, which will be in a few days.

[sduckie2k5]

Is there a way to require a post count before members can download files?